FGF Workshops

Expert meetings on current research topics concerning the interaction of high frequency electromagnetic fields with biological systems.

Title:

23. FGF Workshop (in Cooperation with the Ministry for Environment Baden/Württemberg)Radiofrequency Fields and Health – Conclusions after 17 years work of the
Special Topic: Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Fields and Brain Physiology – What is
the Connection?

Year:

23. - 25.11.2009 in Stuttgart/Germany

Topic:

This event will be used as an opportunity to
summarize not only the work of FGF but also that of the whole scientific community in the
field of biological and health effects of radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMF). For
this purpose representatives from different administrative and scientific bodies will present
and discuss their assessment of the state of scientific research and necessary actions for the
future.

Jointly with Forum Mobilkommunikation (FMK), FGF invites to this workshop about quality standards of scientific work in the mobile radio research. Experts will present the criteria for selection and evaluation of mobile radio research and discuss the different approaches. One focus will be laid on the question how to deal with faked and methodically incorrect studies. Conference language is German

Experts from authorities and research institutions in Austria, Germany and Switzerland will answer questions like: What is the basis of the limit recommendations? Why are they not integrated into standardized national laws? Are there new research results which put the recommendations into question? What international efforts for the standardization of regulations have been realized?
Conference language is German.

This information meeting will give an overview of the results of the INTERPHONE study and the planned subsequent studies. Furthermore, methodology and statistics in epidemiology will be presented and the results of epidemiologic studies will be confronted with experimental biological studies on this subject. Priority is given to the review and discussion of the results of different research areas.
Conference language is German.

19. FGF Workshop (in Cooperation with the Ministry for Environment Baden/Württemberg)Open Questions in the Research on Biological and Health Effects of Low-Intensity RF-EMF

Year:

17. - 19. November 2008 in Stuttgart/Germany

Topic:

The workshop aims to pick up open questions on health effects of radiofrequency fields. Key issues are the research on children, on possible long-term effects with the example of animal experiments as well as on mechanisms of cellular and subcellular level.

The aim of the information meeting on September 17 in Vienna (Austria) was to present the state of knowledge of genotoxic effects of radio applications and to give the researchers the opportunity to bring light into the confusing situation in this research area.

Risk assessment with regard to carcinogenicity so far is largely based on evidence from epidemiological and animal studies while in vitro studies only play a supporting role. <br> The aim of this international workshop is to explore the potential of omics technologies for assessing unclear cancer risks. This will be done with the example of the effects of radio-frequency electromagnetic fields (RF EMF).